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There are many different ways to evaluate Colorado Springs schools, but one measurement is the graduation rate. The percentages are based on a federal formula that takes the number of students receiving a regular diploma divided by the number of students who started 9th grade + students transferred in – students transferred out. Graduation rates are one indicator of whether the local Colorado Springs public school system is doing what it is intended to do: enroll, engage, and educate youth.
The complete reports are on the Colorado Department of Education web site, and you can download the data into an Excel Spreadsheet. For someone who loves statistics (which is me), it’s full of amazing information including the graduation rates by gender and by race; and you can even pull data by each High School in the districts. As an example, in District 11, Mitchell High School has a Read the rest of this entry »
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To find out how Colorado Springs area schools rank, national and local web sites offer an assortment of school and neighborhood data. The national sites typically pull school and demographic data to generate their school profiles, consequently information on private schools is harder to come by.
But before we start with national sites, let’s first start with links to the school districts in the area:
- District 2 (Harrison)
- District 3 (Widefield)
- District 8 (Fountain)
- District 11
- District 12 (Cheyenne)
- District 14 (Manitou Springs)
- District 20 (Academy)
- District 23 (Peyton)
- District 38 (Lewis Palmer)
- District 49 (Falcon)
OK, now it’s time for the national web sites……………..
- Wealth of information for families with school-age children (test scores, ethnic information, student/teacher ratios and other metrics).
- Schools are ranked by a number of criteria, Read the rest of this entry »
Relocating to Colorado Springs, it’s all about the schools
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One of the most important elements to look at these days when buying a home is school districts according to a study by Trulia.com. Some studies have also found that despite the overall downturn in residential real estate, homes in highly rated school districts have kept their value better. And in many cities, home buyers are willing
to pay a premium for areas that schools considered better than average.
Most people agree that home buyers are attracted to neighborhoods with good schools, but not everyone agrees on what makes a good school. Some families want schools with high teacher-student ratios, others look for schools with good sports programs, others look at the testing information, and others may look for smaller schools with less students. And some home buyers may focus on the high school graduation rate, or whether they have an honors program, or a program for disabled children, or the Read the rest of this entry »
